killers

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Ford, who escaped two would-be killers in less than one month, only narrowly lost the 1976 election despite running in the shadow of Watergate.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026

But most of us will become more susceptible to killers like cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer’s as we get older.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Returns are viewed as one of the biggest profit killers for online retailers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

To understand how wives of her serial killers might have felt, Arnott watched documentaries about them and read books by daughters and family members of serial killers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

The principal recorded killers were smallpox, influenza, measles, typhoid, typhus, chicken pox, whooping cough, tuberculosis, and syphilis.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond